P&C Lead

Overview

P&C Lead
, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, will support senior staff to create materials for policy outreach, including publications, evaluation summaries, presentations, grant proposals, policy memos, blogs, social media content, and newsletters and website content among other sector-specific work; support and manage the administration of a sector-specific, ongoing competitive research fund; develop in-depth knowledge of one of J-PAL’s sectors; and provide evidence support to policymakers;

may support J-PAL’s overall mission in other ways including knowledge management, work in the area of diversity, equity, and inclusion, serving as a liaison between J-PAL Global and J-PAL’s regional offices or assisting with other J-PAL projects.

• Produce materials for policy outreach and communications including publications, evaluation summaries, presentations, grant proposals, policy memos, blogs, social media content, newsletters and website content.
• Support and manage administration of a sector-specific, ongoing competitive research fund.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of one of J-PAL’s sectors.
• Provide evidence support to policymakers.
• Support J-PAL’s mission through knowledge management, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and liaison between J-PAL Global and regional offices; assist with other J-PAL projects as needed.

REQUIRED:

Master’s degree in economics, public policy or international development, including significant training in economics; and a minimum of eight years of work experience including experience working in randomized evaluations, economics research, and international development policy.

PREFERRED:
Experience with overseeing research and policy grant funding competitions.